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An appeal against closure by MyFerryLink, the cross-channel ferry service operated by Eurotunnel, has been rejected by the Competition Appeal Tribunal.

It was originally ordered to stop running in a ruling on June 6th, 2013.

MyFerryLink stemmed out of SeaFrance which went into liquidation in January 2012. Three of their ships were bought by Eurotunnel who set up MyFerryLink and a battle with the existing ferry operators ensued.

Those companies claimed it gave Eurotunnel dominance in the market but Eurotunnel insists MyFerryLink is a free-standing company that's totally separate from them.

The competition commission's now agreed with the traditional ferry operators so the MyFerryLink service will have to shut down.

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Hundreds of Eurostar passengers were stuck on trains for hours overnight after an overhead cable problem.

The problem, at Lille in northern France, affected nearly 700 passengers travelling on yesterday's 6.01pm London to ParisEurostar service as well as around 600 who were on the 6.04pm London to Brussels train.

After not moving for many hours, the passengers were only able to complete their journey when diesel trains arrived to tow the stricken trains to their destinations.

A Eurostar spokesman said the Paris train had finally arrived six hours late, while the Brussels train had got in nine hours late.

The spokesman went on: "There was a failure of the overhead power line just outside Lille.

"The passengers on the Brussels train are entitled to twice the amount of a complete refund plus a free return trip, while those on the Paris train can claim an entire refund plus a free return trip."

Video. Hundreds of passengers were trapped on a broken-down train in the Channel Tunnel today. The French-bound Eurotunnel passengers shuttle train came to a halt about a quarter of the way through the tunnel after a problem with the overhead power line.

The incident has led to some other services being cancelled and long delays for travellers.

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Hundreds of passengers have had to be evacuated from a broken-down train in the Channel Tunnel in an incident which has led to long delays to travellers. Brian Waite, who was on the Eurotunnel train, is in the terminal building in Calais and has been waiting for almost six hours.